Suzette Doctolero

Suzette Sévero Doctolero (born December 16, 1968) is a Filipina screenwriter for film and television. She is best known for being the creator of Encantadia in 2005 and the succeeding related television series including the Encantadia 2016 reboot. She is mostly credited as screenwriter, series creator and creative consultant for GMA Network. Her other works include Amaya, Indio and My Husband's Lover. She also wrote the story for the film Let the Love Begin and became the creative consultant for the television series Alyas Robin Hood and Destined to be Yours. Biography Suzette Severo Doctolero was raised in Calabanga, Camarines Sur and she is the granddaughter of Buenviges Narvadez, a Filipino comedienne and actress in the 1930s. She studied high school at José Rizal College (which later became José Rizal University) and went to college at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) on different courses. She first took an accounting course, then clinical psychology and lastly bachelor of arts in Filipino. When she was in PUP, she joined theater groups Dulaang Kalayaan and Dulaang Bonificacio where she portrayed Gregoria de Jesus in one of the plays. Aged 19 in 1988, Doctolero's adviser, Angie Ferro, hired her as production assistant for Balintataw TV. After her stint at Balintataw TV, she tried to write romantic novels and with the help of Lualhati Bautista, her work entitled Ako si Alex, Babae (I'm Alex, a Woman) was published by Anvil Publishing. In the 1990s, Doctolero ventured in selling her works to different publishers, head writers, editors and producers. She also contributed to the story writing of Viva Television shows. In the later part of her career, Doctolero became a screenwriter for television series of GMA Network. She is one of the writers of Kirara, Ano Ang Kulay ng Pag-ibig? and Sana Ay Ikaw Na Nga. Encantadia is her very first project as head writer and her first work in the telefantasya genre, which she created for GMA Network. Her other credited works for GMA Network include Amaya, Indio and My Husband's Lover. She also wrote the script for some of the episodes of Daisy Siete, which was produced by Focus Entertainment and shown also in GMA Network. She also wrote scripts for the television adaptation of Lupin, Joaquin Bordado, Totoy Bato, Gagambino and Panday Kids but most of these series did not get high ratings, thus, she no longer wrote adaptations.